{"product_id":"watching-television-in-a-love-motel","title":"Watching Television in a Love Motel","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eIn this unforgettable first book of poetry by Haro Lee, television – like love – binds us and liberates us; inspires, infuriates and illuminates us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eWatching Television in a Love Motel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e is a poetic chronicle of Haro's time in Aotearoa, South Korea and the United States of America. In four parts – ‘Daytime Television’, ‘Primetime Television’, ‘Late Night Television’, and ‘Graveyard Slot’ – she looks at her past, family and self with the help of the unwavering cultural force that is TV. Big subjects are caught in its glow: God, drugs, love, anti-motherhood, intergenerational trauma, loneliness, failure, and 3am existential anxiety.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThe final section is a love letter to a dying neighbourhood in Seoul. Set against the heartache of a rapidly developing nation, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #212121;\"\u003ethis is the story of one girl and her life with a beloved grandmother.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHaro Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in the Year of the Rat in Tāmaki Makaurau. Her work has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Spinoff\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMichigan Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePoetry Northwest\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. \u003ci\u003eWatching Television in a Love Motel\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: #0481;\" lang=\"mi-NZ\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: #0481;\" lang=\"mi-NZ\"\u003eCover photo (on television): Seonhye, 1983\u003cbr\u003eCover design: Spencer Levine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Te Herenga Waka University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51610750091575,"sku":"9781776923175","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/9781776923175WatchingTelevisioninaLoveMotel.jpg?v=1775425781","url":"https:\/\/teherengawakapress.co.nz\/products\/watching-television-in-a-love-motel","provider":"Te Herenga Waka University Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}